Erman Papyrus

[1] Fifteen columns of the papyrus are preserved, nine on the recto and six on the verso.

[2] The papyrus dates to around 1600 BC at the end of the Second Intermediate Period.

[3] The papyrus was given to the Egyptian Museum of Berlin in 1886, and was first published in 1901 by Adolf Erman.

[1] It is mostly concerned with childbirth and the health of infants, containing two prescriptions for unknown childhood diseases and a number of magical incantations for childbirth and the protection of infants.

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